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Bookmark or Share- Project Mercury - NASAMercury, America's first human space flight program, introduced the nation to its first astronauts. There were six total flights with six astronauts flown. Total flight time for these missions was 53 hours, 55 minutes and 27 seconds.
- MERCURY ATLAS FACT SHEET - SpacelineThe Mercury-Atlas was essentially an Atlas D missile adapted to carry a NASA Mercury capsule. The engine thrusts were exactly the same as the operational Atlas D ICBM, with only the flight profile modified to carry the Mercury spacecraft into orbit.
- Mercury-Atlas 6 - WikipediaMercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962. [4] Piloted by astronaut John Glenn and operated by NASA as part of Project Mercury, it was the fifth human spaceflight, preceded by Soviet orbital flights Vostok 1 and 2 and American sub-orbital flights Mercury-Redstone 3 and 4. [5]
- Atlas Missiles and Space Launchers | Historic SpacecraftAtlas ultimately launched four manned Mercury missions. Atlas went on to play a critical role in support of project Gemini. Atlas was used to launch heavily modified Agena stages, known as Agena Target Vehicles (ATV), to serve as docking targets for orbiting Gemini spacecraft.
- Atlas LV-3B - WikipediaThe Atlas LV-3B, Atlas D Mercury Launch Vehicle or Mercury-Atlas Launch Vehicle, was a human-rated expendable launch system used as part of the United States Project Mercury to send astronauts into low Earth orbit.
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